Bill Text: HI HB1709 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Committed Persons; Accounts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1709 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1709-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Committed Persons; Accounts
Description:
Requires all inmate funds to be deposited into a noninterest-bearing account for each committed person who shall have access to withdraw moneys for approved purchases. Allows director of public safety to designate a percentage of all moneys earned by a committed person to be placed into a separate noninterest-bearing subaccount from which no withdrawals may be made until the committed person is released from custody.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to committed persons' accounts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353-13.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) The department of public safety may adopt policies and procedures to establish a fee schedule for medical, dental, and mental health services or treatment under the following conditions:
(1) Fees shall be assessed from the detained or
committed person's individual [trust] account pursuant to section
353-20; and
(2) Fees shall not be assessed if the individual [trust]
account balance is less than $10; provided that the department may implement a
procedure to recover fees in the future."
SECTION 2. Section 353-20, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§353-20 Custody of moneys; accounts
for committed persons, etc. (a) All sums collected under this
chapter and any other authorized sources shall be deposited by the department into
[an individual trust account to the credit of the committed person.] and
credited to a noninterest-bearing account for each committed person to be
opened by the department with a financial institution to maintain a committed
person's funds. The department shall maintain [individual ledger
accounts for each committed person and shall issue to each committed person a
quarterly statement showing credits and debits.] internal records for
each committed person who has an account. Each committed person shall have
access to the committed person's account for withdrawal for approved expenses
and purchases during incarceration; provided that the director may designate a
percentage of all moneys earned by a committed person while in custody to be
deposited into and credited to a separate noninterest-bearing subaccount to
which the committed person shall not have access until the committed person is
released from custody to ensure that funds are available for that committed
person upon release from custody.
(b) The department shall provide quarterly accounting statements to all committed persons held in custody for more than three months. The department shall conduct annual audits on all committed persons' accounts and subaccounts."
SECTION 3. This Act shall apply to all committed persons' accounts established before and after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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